Regardless of how it is played, Arthur Morgan contracts tuberculosis and dies by the end of Red Dead Redemption 2. Tuberculosis was a deadly disease in the 1800s with limited treatment options.

Arthur Morgan contracts tuberculosis fairly early in Red Dead Redemption 2, but much can still be done before his fateful encounter with Thomas Downes.Throughout the game, Arthur's TB progresses ...

He views Arthur’s tuberculosis as a weakness, and Arthur as weak for contracting it. ... Red Dead Redemption 2 never defines Arthur Morgan by his tuberculosis.

Red Dead Redemption 2 players are desperately trying to keep their in-game character alive - by looking for a cure to tuberculosis on Google. The hit Western game stars Arthur Morgan as a cowboy ...

A major part of the later game of Red Dead Redemption 2 involves Arthur Morgan coming down with Tuberculosis, or TB, which sets the theme for the third act where the player spends more time making ...

In the game's fifth chapter, Arthur learns that he's got tuberculosis, which he contracted while collecting a debt in the game's second chapter many, many hours earlier.

Which is completely true. By that point in the game, poor Arthur is absolutely riddled with terminal tuberculosis and, even if he wasn't, has had his heart and worldview irrevocably shattered anyway.

Arthur Morgan's voice actor says he is certain that Rockstar will eventually release a Red Dead Redemption 3, ... aggravated by the tuberculosis he discovers he has late in the game. ...

Red Dead Redemption 2 stunned us all with its rich, emotional story about Arthur Morgan, an aging cowboy in the dying years of the Wild West. The game has what is, to many, the perfect ending, but ...